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Sarah Lin retweeted
Disabled people have been sounding the alarm on the #ClimateCrisis for years. Yet our community goes ignored, only to suffer as predicted each time there’s a crisis, and be met with empty promises of “doing better” next time.
Disabled lives should not be a “teachable moment”!
Sarah Lin retweeted
Main challenge I’ve seen on the ground re:people accessing the civil defence payment is a lack of awareness + people not getting the full amount they’re entitled. Let your mates know the payment exists, and to ask for the maximum amount if they need it!
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Sarah Lin retweeted
Spent the day at Wesley Primary liaising with members of the community and sussing out their needs with WINZ/accessing the Civil Defence Payment. Good to see @efesocollins here too! Theres been an amazing community led effort in Roskill, outpouring of donations and volunteers!
Sarah Lin retweeted
Auckland Transport estimates a general reduction of about 15 per cent of traffic on arterial roads during holidays nzherald.co.nz/nz/how-school…
Sarah Lin retweeted
⚠️ Sunday Blessings’s legendary Dani will be at Ellen Melville Centre off High Street 10am-5pm today for anyone who needs urgent supplies.
If you want to help or need it, here’s a non-exhaustive list of grassroots support across the city: thespinoff.co.nz/society/29-…
Sarah Lin retweeted
Pondering this morning if this is yet another impact of the housing market and the precarity for renters: what would it look like to give new tenants good information on things like tsunami zone, evacuation points, flood risk? Triggered when a bond is lodged, perhaps?
Sarah Lin retweeted
First emergency management statement at 6pm Friday: "... if you live in a flood prone area, be prepared to evacuate".
Do renters typically know if their area if flood prone, especially for infrequent events? It's not like tenants get to see a LIM report before they move in.
Where was Wayne? The timing of the emergency declaration in Akl wasn't the big problem on Friday, but leadership and communication were right up there. My column was online yesterday and is in @nzherald today
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Sarah Lin retweeted
Here's a graphic from when there were efforts to get people to understand their responsibility in the chain of Covid transmission, and how their infection could lead to much suffering and death down the time line. – at Lancaster, England
ALT 1 person would have infected 3, but 1 of them worked from home. Those 2 people would have infected 6 but 1 didnt fly, the other missed the BBQ. So far, 4 are infected instead of 9. This continues until you can see that 1 person avoiding infection and transmission can prevent dozens down the line. Whereas 1 person who does not care or worry about Covid can lead to many, some of whom will be disabled by Long Covid, some of whom will die.
Sarah Lin retweeted
Today’s 3923 NZ Covid case number charted, plus a new chart of % of daily cases which are reinfections at the usual page. rnz.co.nz/news/in-depth/4508…
Sarah Lin retweeted
There’s countless of stories and reports on how people have been harmed by WINZ’s approach to relationships. We don’t need more reviews. We need to end the current approach that punishes people for seeking support and connection by removing their income
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Sarah Lin retweeted
No one should lose their income support because they’re deemed in a “relationship in the nature of marriage”
The Minister of Social Development agrees we need to change the rules (‼️), but without prioritising this work people will be put in hardship by the status quo
Sarah Lin retweeted
Cruise passengers who have disembarked from a liner carrying people infected with Covid-19 in Marlborough are arriving in the small town with coughs and cold symptoms, a pharmacist there has confirmed.
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Sarah Lin retweeted
fat bear week
*banging fists on table*
fat beAR WEEK
FAT BEAR WEEK
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Sarah Lin retweeted
Anyone wanting to help residents hit hard by floods across the Nelson Tasman region can donate to the mayoral relief fund to avoid the "logistical nightmare" of donating food or goods. dlvr.it/SWwR5d
Sarah Lin retweeted
Fix. The. Welfare. System.
Christ on a bicycle WHY has Labour been so useless on this front?
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Sarah Lin retweeted
“Depp’s core claim — women advance their careers by accusing powerful men of abuse — doesn’t even hold up to the evidence…Heard is ruined; Depp is in pre-production for his next role; other alleged abusers are already copying his legal strategy.”
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